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Posted on Feb 18, 2004, 7 a.m.
By Bill Freeman
By Roger Highfield in Seattle and David Derbyshire Scientists produced the first convincing evidence yesterday that they had cloned a human embryo - a breakthrough that could revolutionise medicine. But researchers behind the experiment issued a warning that their work could advance efforts to clone babies and urged governments worldwide to outlaw reproductive cloning.
By Roger Highfield in Seattle and David Derbyshire Scientists produced the first convincing evidence yesterday that they had cloned a human embryo - a breakthrough that could revolutionise medicine. But researchers behind the experiment issued a warning that their work could advance efforts to clone babies and urged governments worldwide to outlaw reproductive cloning. Religious and pro-life groups reacted with dismay to the development. The team of South Korean researchers created 30 cloned embryos using tissue and eggs donated by women and grew them in a laboratory for five or six days.
Source: http://www.lebanonwire.com/0402/04021302TGR.asp
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